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St. Luke
St. Luke. Born of a pagan family, he converted to the Christian faith and became a companion of St. Paul on some of the latter’s missionary journeys. He wrote his Gospel in accordance with Paul’s preaching, and he is also responsible for the Acts of the Apostles in the New Testament, which reads like a […]
St. John de Brebeuf and his Companions
St. John de Brebeuf and his Companions. Between 1642 and 1649 eight members of the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits) had gone to N. America to preach the faith there. After terrible tortures by the Huron and Iroquois tribes, including being beaten with knotted sticks, having their hair, beards and nails torn out, their fingers […]
St. Paul of the Cross
St. Paul of the Cross (1694-1775). Born at Ovada, Liguria, as a young man, he helped his merchant father, but, feeling called to a life of perfection, he gave up his worldly goods to look after the sick and the poor for which he assembled a body of companions to help him. He eventually became […]
